| Author |
Meeropol, Ellen |
| Year |
2017 |
| First published |
2017 |
| Publisher |
Pasadena: Red Hen Press |
| Number of pages |
272 |
| Edition |
First Paperback Edition |
| ISBN |
9781597093811 |
| Keywords |
botany, biodiversity/extinction, climate change, literary or mainstream, scientist main character, USA or Canada, FMS Library Book |
Abstract
He was nine when the vines first wrapped themselves around him and
burrowed into his skin. Now a college botany major, Jeremy is
desperately looking for a way to listen to the plants and stave off
their extinction. But when the grip of the vines becomes too intense and
Health Services starts asking questions, he flees to Brooklyn, where
fate puts him face to face with a group of climate-justice activists who
assure him they have a plan to save the planet, and his plants. As the
group readies itself to make a big Earth Day splash, Jeremy soon
realizes these eco-terrorists’ devotion to activism might have him―and
those closest to him―tangled up in more trouble than he was prepared to
face. With the help of a determined, differently abled flame from his
childhood, Zoe; her deteriorating, once–rabble-rousing grandmother; and
some shocking and illuminating revelations from the past, Jeremy must
weigh completing his mission to save the plants against protecting the
ones he loves. (Amazon).
